By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger As a senior studying speech and drama at the University of Massachusetts in 1974, …Read More
Don Boucher reflects on five decades of faith formation
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Challenge yourself to speak out against racism
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Many people see racism as past history because slavery ended 150 years ago and …Read More
At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI “spread and testified to” the Gospel his …Read More
Pope Benedict XVI Dies; Funeral To Be Jan. 5 In St. Peter’s Square
By Cindy Wooden OSV News/Our Sunday Visitor VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive …Read More
Trilingual ‘Workers Mass’ lays the groundwork for diversity, solidarity
By Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger IOWA CITY — Hispanic, Congolese and Anglo Catholics celebrated unity within diversity during a …Read More
Clinton second-grader ‘surprised’ to win The Catholic Messenger’s Christmas card contest
By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger CLINTON — Second-grader Hope Wissink was happy and surprised to win this year’s …Read More
Bringing Christmas cheer to families in need
By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Catholics in the Iowa City area helped make the holidays merrier for immigrant families …Read More